Patti Forster, NBCT & 2021 KCTOY

@nenagerman Would like to know more about this for the Maine affiliate MCELA.

The main project of the Committee Against Racism and Bias this year 2024 is to work with affiliates. We want to help these chapters offer their members ABAR resources. All at accessible prices. Please let me know if you're an interested affiliate. 🌈

@CRCarter313 NCTE affiliate presidents representing! @MaineCELA and @OCTELA at #NCTE23

@nenagerman Taking off to head there right now! Hope to see you in-person to thank you for your incredible PD last summer for Maine Council for English Language Arts

I land Thursday morning!! You? 🙌🏾 #NCTE23

@magicschoolai Poof or Alakazaam

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I received a package in the mail a few days before my first day of school as a brand new teacher. It was from my mother. Inside the box was a very large file that included my report cards, progress reports, papers I had written that were marked up with a lot red ink, and several tests with a large letter “F” on them. The feedback on these items included: -“Not sure how Bryan qualified for the gifted program since he can’t read” -“Bryan won’t be college material” -“Bryan doesn’t seem to care about anything but sports” -“Bryan just needs to focus better” -“I’m not sure why Bryan asks to go to the nurse and counselor all the time” -“Bryan needs to learn how to sit still and be quiet” -“I’m not sure what else I can do, I’ve already taken his recess away most days” This made me sad. I had not seen these before. I think my mother had tried to shelter me from all of these negatives. At the bottom of the box was a notecard from my mom that said, “Try to see each of your student’s strengths. I know you will do better for your students. I am so proud of you! Love Mom”. After my career as a teacher and principal, I became a therapist. The majority of my adult clients can remember both the most positive thing a teacher said to them and also the most negative. Remember, our words matter. We have the power to build someone up or tear them down. What comment(s) do you remember hearing from a teacher? From the book: “Whatever It Takes!: For All Students to Succeed in School and Life” (a.co/d/3sOcuFW) Join the “Maslow Before Bloom” Facebook group at: facebook.com/groups/maslowb…

@KyleneBeers Wonderful news!

As a total aside, I'm THRILLED to be doing this after just getting the call from my oncologist that my new scans from this morning revealed that I'm still in remission! YES! #liftingliteracy #g2great #FCancer

@arcticisleteach Sending you love and hoping for healing well!

Left my tumor at Mt. Sinai. Took my life with me. #canceristrash #Godisgood #Psalm91

@ProfHsieh @AERADivisionK @deckman_sherry Congratulations!

@caribouteacher Yikes! Just -18 here.

No school today due to the extreme cold. What was the weather like where you are?

@SaraKAhmed Oh, that makes me feel old! Very funny, though. Thanks for the laugh this morning.

ChatGPT is the tip of the iceberg. 7 AI websites that will change education forever:

Looking at the chatbot as an opportunity rather than closure. Another important thread.

An important thread as we start thinking about the impact of the chatbot not just in English class but in all classes and how we could adjust.

@guerrette79 @cait_dailey @SaraRoderick @heisereads @thereadingzone @mshillaryhoyt Welcome but this achievement is all yours!

Collaboration: storytelling and technology! VR stories made by students!! @EducateMaine @ACTOY2019 @mdoenews

Career Ready: WorkforceSolutions Through Educational Partnerships @EducateMaine Amanda Leith, @FMI_ORG, Brian King, @BankofAmerica, and Dana O’Brien, @FocusMaineJobs with Moderator, Kate Howell Educate Maine

Thanks, Jason Judd and @EducateMaine for all that you do for education and educators. Education Symposium 2022

Thank you to all who are preparing kids for the “real world.”

@SarahMZerwin So wish I could be there for this!